[matplotlib-devel] matplotlib and Google Summer of Code
May I ask whether matplotlib is taking part in this year's GSoC? I'm canvassing ideas for the Climate Code Foundation's participation, and some scientists have suggested matplotlib-related improvements (e.g. a GUI tool for constructing and managing segmented colormaps). Some might be specific to climate science, others might be more generally useful to other matplotlib users. In any case, if a student embarked on something like that, they'd need to join the matplotlib development community as well as ours, so I thought I'd drop by and see whether GSoC-sponsored development would be welcome. -- Nick Barnes, Climate Code Foundation, http://climatecode.org/ -- Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ Matplotlib-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
Re: [matplotlib-devel] matplotlib and Google Summer of Code
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 07:30, Jason Grout wrote: > On 3/2/12 12:44 AM, Nicolas Rougier wrote: >> >> An OpenGL backend would be a nice project also. I've gathered some >> experience with glumpy and I can help/mentor but I suspect I'm not familiar >> enough with all the matplotlib internals to do this alone. > > Similar to this, a webGL backend would be great (for example, you could > use three.js, or you could use straight webGL/OpenGL). > > (of course, there's also the html5 backend that is not quite finished, I > believe...) > > Work on the 3d graphics backend in general would be cool to see too, and > could likely be added to a openGL project. My organization is looking for projects which contribute to our own goal (to promote the public understanding of climate science): in this context we're helping climate scientists adopt open source techniques and tools. For matplotlib that means asking climate scientists for their ideas (which is where the colormap tool idea came from). For general-purpose matplotlib projects, I recommend that matplotlib apply to be a mentoring organization. The application window closes on the 6th. -- Nick Barnes, Climate Code Foundation, http://climatecode.org/ -- Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ Matplotlib-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
Re: [matplotlib-devel] matplotlib and Google Summer of Code
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:21, Nicolas Rougier wrote: > > Sorry, same for me. I was only suggesting potential ideas for GSoC. > > On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:37 , Jason Grout wrote: > >> On 3/2/12 3:31 AM, Nick Barnes wrote: >> >>> My organization is looking for projects which contribute to our own >>> goal (to promote the public understanding of climate science): in this >>> context we're helping climate scientists adopt open source techniques >>> and tools. For matplotlib that means asking climate scientists for >>> their ideas (which is where the colormap tool idea came from). >>> >>> For general-purpose matplotlib projects, I recommend that matplotlib >>> apply to be a mentoring organization. The application window closes >>> on the 6th. >> >> Sorry; I didn't mean to imply that *you* should take up these other >> projects. I was replying to the other suggestion about openGL and >> augmenting it with related ideas, for someone else that might be >> interested in the subject of the thread "matplotlib and GSOC". >> >> Jason No need to apologize! I was just encouraging matplotlib to become a mentoring org so some of these good ideas can get taken up. -- Nick Barnes, Climate Code Foundation, http://climatecode.org/ -- Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ Matplotlib-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
Re: [matplotlib-devel] GSOC mentoring organization
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 16:51, Skipper Seabold wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:43 AM, John Hunter wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Skipper Seabold >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> > One thing I am unclear on. They make a distinction between being >>> > mentors >>> > and organization administrators. In the past, PSF has always been the >>> > sponsoring organization. What I am wondering is: does mpl need to have >>> > an >>> > organization administrator in addition to mentors, or is PSF the >>> > organization administrator and we just sign up individually as mentors? >>> >>> You might ask on the sympy list. I think they were actually registered >>> as an organization administrator last year, given the number of >>> students they had. >>> >>> For statsmodels, we sign up under the umbrella of PSF who are the >>> organization. So we don't do anything until PSF announces that they >>> have been accepted as an organization IIRC. >>> >>> We plan to do the same this year. >>> >> >> The timeline at http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012 >> says March 6th is the "[GSOC] Mentoring organization application deadline". > > March 9th? I thought it was the 6th too, but it turns out to be the 9th. Maybe they changed it? http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012 -- Nick Barnes, Climate Code Foundation, http://climatecode.org/ -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ Matplotlib-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
